The Mary Star of the Sea Stars have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Fontana Steelers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Friday, everything came up roses for Mary Star of the Sea against McFarland as the team secured a 52-8 victory. The result was nothing new for the Stars, who have now won eight contests by 21 points or more so far this season.
Mary Star of the Sea's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Tanner Rollins, who threw for 313 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes. Rollins has been hot recently, having posted three or more passing touchdowns the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Andrew Washington Iv, who gained 201 total yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, while Fontana put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Bloomington. Fontana claimed a resounding 43-0 win over Bloomington. The Steelers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six games by 20 points or more this season.
Winston Velasquez went supernova for Fontana, rushing for 68 yards and a touchdown, while also picking up 39 receiving yards and a touchdown. Velasquez showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 68 yards. Speaking of playmakers, who could forget Akari Augustine, who went all the way with a kickoff return for a touchdown.
Fontana was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 288 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September.
Fontana didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Augustine and Rashawn Williams. Williams also punched in two rushing touchdowns, which is notable because Fontana is undefeated when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 3-4 otherwise.
Mary Star of the Sea pushed their record up to 8-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 5.8 points per game. As for Fontana, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season.
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